Isn’t it beautiful? The tractor I mean. A shiny new Kubota is doing its first job. Fetching water from what probably is the most picturesque water source I’ve ever come across on a map.
The map is Edomod’s Italia Emilia Extension, the Kubota is from Giants Kubota DLC and the Joskin water tank wagon is a trusty old base game item.
There are times when you just feel more at home in a piece from the olden days.
There’s also the benefit of after having spent time driving around in European trucks right beforehand, this oldie from the turn of the millenium sort of feels more at home with its “the nose ends just in front of the windscreen” construction. I must admit that.
Cabover trucks are as I understand it not all that common in North America anymore, at least not as heavy long hauler trucks. The Freightliner Argosy was produced and sold in the US and Canada between 1999 and 2006. After that its main markets was Australia, New Zealand and South Africa until it was disconinued in 2020.
The Freightliner Argosy in question is a mod available in the Steam Workshop and is made by Harven and Lucasi.
Sometimes things doesn’t go entirely according to plan… (Yes, I admit it, reversing with a trailer in narrow spaces still isn’t my best skill.)
Taken during the grape harvest on a visually gorgeous third-party mod map called Italia Emilia and made by Edomod. The machinery visible here is standard basegame stuff.
This is quite possibly the smallest harvester I’ve ever driven. But this little Vistula is so cute that it’s hard not to fall in love with it! Also you can almost feel the wind in your hair as you sit in the open seat, watching the golden straw go by.
The Vistula KZB-3 is a Polish harvester from earlier times manufactured by FMŻ. The mod is made by Deus_Volt and can be found in the official modhub.
The map I am on is the “eastern part of Europe”-inspired Osada, also available in the modhub. It is made by RajotGPLAY.
After having accepted to do a delivery to the end of civilization, I sort of found myself taking ad photos in a Canadian sand pit. Seriously, Promods Canada offers some really nice scenery and looong winding gravel roads to get there.
Then however I got back to civilization and had to spend more time sitting in a queue again. But at least even here the scenery sort of made up for it.
I’m not entirely sure what is the worst here. That my three year old son Ramadeva apparently has some very unusual friends for his age, the fact that I seemingly have no problem with socializing with him at inns, or that he’s trying to hook me up…
It is winter all around, so why not in Euro Truck Simulator 2 too? On my way with a delivery between the wintry Danish islands.
The winter feel is thanks to a package of mods called Frosty Winter which is made by Grimes and available on his web site. There’s also other seasonal mods there as well as some other. I haven’t yet used any of those though. But the winter one is truly great when you need a change from the ever-summer in the game.
Sadly just because it’s time for the Christmas deliveries it doesn’t mean that it will automagically be postcard Christmas weather.
The Freightliner Argosy is a mod made by Harven and Lucasi and is available in the Steam Workshop.
It’s event time again in American Truck Simulator and Euro Tuck Simulator 2, and this time it’s all about delivering Thrustmaster equipment around the world. The reward: a nice little soft toy steering wheen plushie and a toy set of Thrustmaster pedals for your truck’s interior design needs. Oh, and closer to real life there’s also the opportunity to win an actual Thrustmaster set too.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 in cooperation with DAF have added a new truck to the game and of course I had to try it out. So it became a delivery from Stockholm by ferry and fate had it that I would end up beside an older brethren DAF truck.
